Monk Dawson

Monk Dawson is a 1998 British film directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Martin Kemp, Rhona Mitra, and Paula Hamilton.

[citation needed] Eddie Dawson is a monk who has led a sheltered existence at a Benedictine monastery, but when he is expelled from his order he has to learn to deal with the harsh realities of everyday life in 1970s London, finding work as a journalist.

He falls in love with a beautiful widow then discovers she has been having an affair with his best friend.

Eddie later marries a young girl who he first met while a priest in the parish, however he decides to return to live as a monk on a remote island.

Despite being well received by film critics,[citation needed] it had a short box office run in the United Kingdom, with a gross of just £7,210,[2] and a straight to video release for the United States market.